Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Why does a person fall when he jumps out from a moving train ?
Advertisements
Solution
If a person jumps out of a moving train and tries to stop immediately, he falls due to inertia of motion. This is because his body tends to move forward with the velocity of the train while his feet are stationary.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
In the following example, try to identify the number of times the velocity of the ball changes:
“A football player kicks a football to another player of his team who kicks the football towards the goal. The goalkeeper of the opposite team collects the football and kicks it towards a player of his own team”.
Also identify the agent supplying the force in each case.
Why is it advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus with a rope?
What is the momentum of an object of mass m, moving with a velocity v?
The mass of object A is 6 kg whereas that of another object B is 34 kg. Which of the two objects, A or B, has more inertia ?
With which physical quantity should the speed of a running bull be multiplied so as to obtain its momentum ?
Why do the passengers in a bus tend to fall backward when it starts suddenly ?
The unit of measuring momentum of a moving body is :
Explain the following :
When a train suddenly moves forward , the passenger standing in the compartment tends to fall backwards .
Dust particles are removed from a carpet by beating it.
Explain the following:
Why do fruits fall off the branches in the strong wind?
